42 CFR § 417.159 - Relationship of section 1310 of the Public Health Service Act to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s417.159"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 417.159 - Relationship of section 1310 of the Public Health Service Act to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "417.159"
section_name: "Relationship of section 1310 of the Public Health Service Act to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "417"
part_name: "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, COMPETITIVE MEDICAL PLANS, AND HEALTH CARE PREPAYMENT PLANS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh, and 300e, 300e-5, and 300e-9, and 31 U.S.C. 9701."
cfr_part: "417"
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# 417.159 Relationship of section 1310 of the Public Health Service Act to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act.
The decision of an employing entity subject to this subpart to include the HMO alternative in any health benefits plan offered to its eligible employees must be carried out consistently with the obligations imposed on that employing entity under the National Labor Relations Act, the Railway Labor Act, and other laws of similar effect.
[59 FR 49841, Sept. 30, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 27288, May 31, 1996]